Romans 1:8
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Prayer of Thanksgiving
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the world.(A)
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Romans 16:19
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19 For your obedience is known to all; therefore, I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and guileless in what is evil.(A)
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1 Corinthians 1:4
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4 I give thanks to my[a] God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus,
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- 1.4 Other ancient authorities lack my
1 Thessalonians 1:8-9
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8 For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia but in every place your faith in God has become known, so that we have no need to speak about it.(A) 9 For they report about us what kind of welcome we had among you and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God(B)
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Romans 6:17
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17 But thanks be to God that you who were slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted(A)
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1 Peter 4:11
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11 Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words of God; whoever serves must do so with the strength that God supplies, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.(A)
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1 Peter 2:5
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5 like living stones let yourselves be built[a] into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(A)
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- 2.5 Or you yourselves are being built
Ephesians 1:15
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Paul’s Prayer
15 I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love[a] toward all the saints, and for this reason
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- 1.15 Other ancient authorities lack and your love
Hebrews 13:15
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15 Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.(A)
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Colossians 1:3
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Paul Thanks God for the Colossians
3 In our prayers for you we always thank God, the[a] Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,(A)
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- 1.3 Other ancient authorities read thank the God and
Philippians 1:3
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Philippians 1:11
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11 having produced the harvest[a] of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.
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- 1.11 Gk fruit
Ephesians 5:20
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20 giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,(A)
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Matthew 24:14
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14 And this good news[a] of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world, as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.(A)
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- 24.14 Or gospel
Ephesians 3:21
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21 to him be glory in the church and[a] in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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- 3.21 Other ancient authorities omit and
Acts 11:28
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28 One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine over all the world, and this took place during the reign of Claudius.(A)
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Luke 2:1
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The Birth of Jesus
2 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
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